Why do right handers always serve on the "ad" side in table tennis?
Because most pro players today don't use backhand serves. They prefer forehand serves for more spin and power, and prefer to remain biased on the forehand side after the serve for the 1-2-3 punch.
They don't. Only in Doubles you have to serve diagonally from the RHS.
Completely false. Most pros disguise their serves, using both sides of the racket. Spin is determined more by the rubber on the racket, as opposed to actual forehand vs backhand strokes. For instance a player may have pimpled rubber on the forehand side/inverted rubber on the backhand side. The backhand would produce alot more spin even if it's a defensive rubber.
Lame, I already know about the doubles serve rule which says players can only serve on the right side of the table. You misread the question. I didn't say singles players serve from the deuce side, I said they serve from the ad side and we're talking in tennis terms here. Maybe I should have said from instead of on.
He is not talking about the rules. Everyone knows you can serve from wherever in singles.
You don't get what I am saying, either.
They switch racquet sides during serving, which led to the law that rubbers must be of opposite colors. But most pros still predominantly serve off the forehand rubber - meaning that the rubber facing the opponent is what is used for the serve (which may be different from serve to serve). A backhand serve uses the other rubber once the wrist is inverted.
The only time this would may be true would be facing traditional penhold grip players, who based their entire game using only one side of the racquet. That went out in the 90's and you will see frequently penhold grip players serving from the backhand side, just as often.
Its because of the serves you can do with that style. You can do almost any spin when you serve that way. Im assuming your talking about the way where you aren't holding the handle. You can do top spin, back spin, both types of side spin. Also the spin is not weak its very strong because the way its held allows for a lot of wrist action and it can be used to fake serves very easily. Also you have open access to the entire table as in both sides. Thats my take on it atleast. Thats how I serve anyway and thats how everyone and my club serves.
Why do right handers always serve on the "ad" side in table tennis?
Its because of the serves you can do with that style. You can do almost any spin when you serve that way. Im assuming your talking about the way where you aren't holding the handle. You can do top spin, back spin, both types of side spin. Also the spin is not weak its very strong because the way its held allows for a lot of wrist action and it can be used to fake serves very easily. Also you have open access to the entire table as in both sides. Thats my take on it atleast. Thats how I serve anyway and thats how everyone and my club serves.
Thug, serving in tt takes a lot of thought and effort. The irony is that an effective tt serve is the total opposite of an effective tennis serve. A good tt serve would be short, bounce low, and would have backspin. The next time I see a beginner serve in tennis, I'll let him/her know that his/her serve was not bad in table tennis terms.
Why do right handers always serve on the "ad" side in table tennis?
Tu eres el hombre, raton. The resident table tennis expert on youtube, pingskills, told me it was because most players like playing the forehand.
I'm no expert, Lee, and that's why I posted the question, but from what I've seen, the righties most often serve from the left side and most of the time, toward the opponent's left. I have seen great players, such as Ma Lin, serve to the opponent's right side, but I rarely, if ever, see a righty SERVE FROM the right side (excluding doubles). Most pros go for the low bouncing, backspin serve which almost always elicits a non aggressive return. I don't think the pros would disrespect each other enough to go for rocket serves although I'd certainly try that strategy on non pros.
The backhand is definitely the easier stroke to master when it comes to tt. It's the total opposite of tennis where the forehand is the preferred stroke.